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Prosecutors handling the second-degree murder case against George Zimmerman filed a motion late Wednesday asking the judge to seal parts of the evidence.

Among the items Duval County Assistant State Attorney Bernardo de la Rionda wants kept from the public: the results of a test police conducted on Zimmerman the day after he killed Trayvon Martin. The results have already been provided to the court under seal, de la Rionda said.
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De la Rionda also wants to seal two CDs of audio interviews with a witness identified as “W9.” She is the same person who called police anonymously just two days after the killing to say Zimmerman and his family were racists.

In an interview with the prosecutors who handled the case prior to the Duval County State Attorney’s office stepping in, W9 made more allegations, the record shows.

"Defendant (Zimmerman) has provided law enforcement with numerous statements, some of which are contradictory, and are inconsistent with the physical evidence and statements of witnesses," the prosecutors said in their court filing.

They said the statements by Zimmerman were admissible in court and "in conjunction with other statements and evidence help to establish defendant's guilt in this case."

Fighting back tears, the parents of slain Florida teenager Trayvon Martin stood beside the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. and relatives of Chicago area murder victims
on Saturday to stress the need to end “senseless gun violence.”..........

As she spoke about her son, Fulton also detailed her family’s Justice for Trayvon Foundation, which helps teens identify signs of racial profiling. She also called on Congress to amend Florida’s Stand Your Ground law, ........

By law, the Florida-based county’s morgue couldn’t let the elder Martin see the body. Instead, he was forced to identify his son by gruesome crime scene photos.
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Prosecutors have the girl's phone records, as well as Zimmerman's and Trayvon's, but those have not been released. If records confirm the call took place as she described, it would lend credibility to the state.

"However, if that phone record comes back and says that she was not on the phone with him, that is huge for the defense," says Lyle Mazin, an Orlando defense attorney. "If [the prosecution] says she was on the phone, prove it."

The charge Zimmerman faces requires the state to demonstrate a "depraved mind" acting in a manner "regardless of human life." It's a high burden, attorneys say, and one not well supported by the known evidence.

"It's a tragic incident that this young man died, but they have to be able to prove [the charge]," Mazin said

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Zimmerman wants evidence private in Martin case
Written by MIKE SCHNEIDER
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) _ Attorneys in the Trayvon Martin case want some evidence kept out of the public realm until trial.

Prosecutors and George Zimmerman's attorneys filed motions Thursday asking a judge to keep statements Zimmerman gave detectives and the names and addresses of witnesses from being publicly released. Both items normally would be part of the public record under Florida law.

Zimmerman's attorney also wants to keep private text messages, emails and journal entries Zimmerman made, at least until he can review them. Prosecutors asked that Martin's cell phone records not be released publicly.

Many bills are adopted in Congress and in state legislatures every year that have controversial and unintended consequences that are revealed after the bill becomes law. Stand Your Ground is one such law and like so many others, certain segments of Stand Your Ground should be amended out — or Stand Your Ground should be repealed.

George Zimmerman has excellent grounds for lawsuits
May 29, 2012 4:11 pm

The evidence Special Prosecutor Angela Corey disclosed in the shooting of black teenager Trayvon Martin suggests it's more likely she'll face charges of prosecutorial misconduct than will George Zimmerman be convicted of second-degree murder.
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A multimillion-dollar judgment may accomplish what shame cannot. Mr. Zimmerman has excellent grounds for lawsuits, particularly against NBC, which altered a 911 tape to make it seem he made a racist statement. Once the murder charge is dismissed, he should sue.

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